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En-route traffic
En-route traffic in Italy for the third quarter of 2017 shows an increase of 3.3% in the service units reported
by Eurocontrol (the same value if the remaining category Exempt not reported to Eurocontrol is included) and
an increase in the number of managed flights of 2.3% (+0.9% if the residual category Exempt not reported to
Eurocontrol is included).
The positive trend in traffic recorded in the third quarter of 2017 enabled the volume of service units
recorded in Italy to rise further. In effect, the growth recorded in the first half of 2017 stood at +2.4% plus
the good performance recorded in the summer season (+4.6% between July and September) leading to a
profit of +3.3%, with positive results both in terms of service units and flights billed contributed by each traffic
component. Specifically, note the good performance of service units in September recorded a 6.7% increase.
In this regard, note the positive performance of service units despite the incomplete reopening of Libyan
airspace and the effects associated with the organisational and operational restructuring of Alitalia. On the
other hand, the positive effects related to the implementation by Enav of the Free Route project mitigated
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these circumstances. This innovation allows all aircraft overflying at an altitude of more than 11,000 metres,
irrespective of whether they land or take off at Italian airports, to pass through domestic airspace on a direct
route without having to rely on network crossing points. This enables airline companies in transit in domestic
airspace to plan the shortest routes, without any constraints, with savings in fuel and operating costs, in full
compliance with the highest safety levels.
Terminal traffic
Terminal traffic, which regards take-off and landing within 20 km of the runway, reported by Eurocontrol
performed well in the third quarter of 2017 both in terms of service units, which were up +2.7%, as well as
in terms of the number of assisted flights, which were up +1.9%.
In overall terms, the results for the third quarter of 2017, compared with the corresponding period of the
previous financial year, show a negative trend in the first charging zone and a positive trend in the second
and third charging zones in terms of service units. In particular:
charging zone 1, which refers exclusively to Rome Fiumicino Airport, which stands at -3.9% in terms of
service units and -5.1% for assisted flights, suffered especially from the Alitalia situation which recorded
a -4.1% reduction in SUs and -6.8% in assisted flights in the first nine months of 2017. If one considers
that Alitalia represents about 42% of the SUs developed during the period at the main Rome airport;
charging zone 2, which refers to Milano Malpensa, Milano Linate, Venezia Tessera and Bergamo Orio al
Serio, shows an increase both in SUs (+4.3%) and assisted flights (+4.1%) mainly due to the good results
achieved by the airports of Milano Malpensa (+6.8% SUs; +7.4% no. of flights) and Bergamo Orio al Serio
(+7.1% SUs; +8% no. of flights). The impact associated with the situation of the Italian national carrier is
lower in this zone, since it represents only 12.7% of the SUs. Note, however, in the period in question,
Alitalia recorded a fall of -6.8% in SUs in this zone.
Effects of seasonality
The type of business in which the Parent Company operates is affected by the uneven trend of revenues
throughout the whole year. Air traffic is, by its very nature, heavily influenced by seasonal factors. As for any
activity linked to tourism, passenger traffic increases in the seasons of the year when Italian and foreign
passengers typically travel more.
Specifically, revenue performance, which is closely connected to air traffic volumes, is not uniform
throughout the year and reach the peak in the summer months in particular. Consequently, the Group's
interim results, as already shown in the first quarter and in the half-year report, do not contribute evenly to
the economic and financial results for the year.
The reclassified consolidated income statement, statement of financial position and statement of cash flows,
the consolidated statement of net financial indebtedness and the alternative performance indicators used
by management to monitor performance are shown below.
Variations
3rd quarter 2017 3rd quarter 2016
Values %
Revenues from operations 669,345 626,388 42,957 6.9%
Balance (21,786) 10,094 (31,880) -315.8%
Other operating income 25,429 25,623 (194) -0.8%
Total revenues 672,988 662,105 10,883 1.6%
Personnel costs (354,188) (354,164) (24) 0.0%
Capitalisation of internal work 20,396 20,315 81 0.4%
Other operating costs (108,734) (120,237) 11,503 -9.6%
Total operating costs (442,526) (454,086) 11,560 -2.5%
EBITDA 230,462 208,019 22,443 10.8%
EBITDA margin 34.2% 31.4% 2.8% 9.0%
Net amortisation of investment contributions (96,540) (100,113) 3,573 -3.6%
Write-downs, losses (write-backs) of value and provisions (4,912) (447) (4,465) 998.9%
EBIT 129,010 107,459 21,551 20.1%
EBIT margin 19.2% 16.2% 2.9% 18.1%
Financial income (expenses) (1,559) (2,630) 1,071 -40.7%
Pre-tax income 127,451 104,829 22,622 21.6%
Income taxes for the period (37,812) (34,393) (3,419) 9.9%
Profit/(loss) for the period 89,639 70,436 19,203 27.3%
Value in thousands of Euro
Analysis of revenue
Revenues from operations stood at €669.3 million, up 6.9% compared with the corresponding period of the
previous year, comprising €658.7 million in revenue from the parent company’s core business (+6.7% in the
third quarter of 2016) and €10.6 million from business conducted by the Group in the non-regulated market
(up +18.5% in the third quarter of 2016).
En-route revenues totalled €478.5 million, an increase of 4.8% compared with the corresponding period of
the previous year, on account of the higher service units in the period which affected both domestic and
international and overflight traffic by +3.4% in total compared with the third quarter of 2016. This was in the
The balance charge adjustments, also part of the Parent Company’s operations, totalled -€21.8 million and
were calculated on the basis of the items listed in the following table:
3rd quarter 2017 3rd quarter 2016 Variations
Balance charge adjustments for the period (3,787) 21,759 (25,546)
Discounting effect 64 (419) 483
Balance changes (2) (185) 183
Balance utilisation (18,061) (11,061) (7,000)
Total balance (21,786) 10,094 (31,880)
Value in thousands of Euro
The balance charge adjustments item for the period, equal to -€3.8 million, a total fall of €25.5 million
compared with the third quarter of 2016, includes €10 million for en-route balances and is negative by €13.8
million for terminal balances. Specifically, route balances refer mainly to traffic risk and the portion not
recovered of balances recorded in previous years and incorporated in the 2017 charge in the amount of €18.8
million in total (€14.8 million in the third quarter of 2016), following the lower service units generated at the
end of September 2017 compared with the performance plan figures (-6.7%) and the inflation balance of -
€9.6 million, in line with the third quarter of 2016. The terminal balances include: i) a positive balance for the
first charging zone totalling €0.3 million (negative by €0.7 million in the third quarter of 2016), the net effect
between the positive balance for traffic risk (-5.8% in terms of service units compared with the performance
plan figures) and the negative balance for inflation; ii) a negative balance for the second charging zone
totalling €2.9 million linked to both traffic (+4% compared with the projected figures) and inflation; iii) a
balance reimbursed for the third charging zone, created by a cost recovery logic, equal to -€11.2 million as a
result of the effect of greater traffic in the period and lower costs incurred. The overall variation of the
balance charge adjustments for the period is mainly due to the balance for the third charging zone which in
the corresponding previous period was positive by €18.7 million as a lower charge was applied while awaiting
the contribution from the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
The balance utilisation of €18.1 million refers to the charge repayment and therefore to the income
statement for the portion of en-route and terminal balances recorded in previous years.
Other operating income of €25.4 million, essentially in line with the third quarter of 2016, mainly includes
the contribution recognized to the Parent Company pursuant to Article 11-septies of Law 248/05, in order to
offset for the costs incurred to ensure the safety of facilities and operational safety in the amount of €22.5
million in the period.
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Cost trends
Variations
3rd quarter 2017 3rd quarter 2016 Values %
Personnel costs (354,188) (354,164) (24) 0.0%
Capitalisation of internal work 20,396 20,315 81 0.4%
Other operating costs (108,734) (120,237) 11,503 -9.6%
Total operating costs (442,526) (454,086) 11,560 -2.5%
Value in thousands of Euro
Operating costs totalled €442.5 million, a decrease of 2.5% compared with the corresponding period of the
previous year and consist of personnel costs of €354.2 million, other operating costs of €108.7 million and
capitalisation of internal work which generated a positive effect of €20.4 million.
3rd quarter 2017 3rd quarter 2016 Variations %
Wages and salaries, of which:
fixed remuneration 205,435 204,836 599 0.3%
variable remuneration 45,393 44,469 924 2.1%
Total wages and salaries 250,828 249,305 1,523 0.6%
Social security contributions 82,240 82,924 (684) -0.8%
Employee severance indemnity 15,941 16,013 (72) -0.4%
Other costs 5,179 5,922 (743) -12.5%
Total personnel costs 354,188 354,164 24 0.0%
Value in thousands of Euro
The balance of personnel costs was in line with the final figures in the third quarter of 2016, standing at
€354.2 million. The performance of the various cost items changed, specifically with a 0.6% increase in wages
and salaries due in part to the fixed remuneration which contains a valuation of the possible effects of the
renewal of the contract which expired at the end of 2016, effects which were largely offset by the lower costs
generated by the reduction in the Group headcount corresponding to 42 average units, compared with the
corresponding period of the previous year, and 76 actual units, with a headcount at the end of the third
quarter of 2017 of 4,251 units (4,327 units in the third quarter of 2016). Variable remuneration recorded an
overall increase of 2.1% mainly related to overtime connected to the training of Air Traffic Controllers for the
implementation of the free route platform project which involved the Parent Company's operating staff
starting from the last months of 2016, and the need to employ a larger number of resources in July and
August to deal with the increase in recorded traffic. Social security contributions declined by 0.8% following
the reaching of the pension contribution ceiling, while other personnel costs fell by 12.5% in part with
reference to the early retirement incentive paid to employees leaving in the period in question which
amounted to €1.7 million (€2.1 million in the third quarter of 2016).
In the break-down of the individual items note a widespread reduction in the various cost items including
those for the purchase of goods, which mainly includes the costs incurred for the purchase of replacement
parts relating to equipment and apparatus used for air traffic control, which fell on account of the fewer
purchases in the period and costs for services. The latter recorded a total net decrease of 11% connected to
the lower Eurocontrol contribution costs, the reduction in insurance costs which benefited from the saving
associated with the new contracts concluded which ran from 1 July 2016, the lower costs for professional
services which in the third quarter of 2016 included part of the costs associated with the privatisation process
while the third quarter in question includes costs, not incurred previously, which refer both to costs
supporting the new projects abroad and costs incurred in relation to the new status as a listed company, as
well as costs for radio frequency utilisation in non-aeronautical bands. Other costs for services fell by €5.1
million because the third quarter of 2016 included the advertising costs for the privatisation.
Financial management
Financial income and expenses had a negative value of €1.6 million, recording an improvement compared
with the third quarter of 2016 of €1 million, mainly due to the growth of financial income.
The increase in financial income of €1.2 million compared with the corresponding period of the previous year
refers mainly to the income from the balance discounting, which only includes the portion of balance
receivables attributable to the quarter, but also the allocation to the income statement of the discounting of
part of the receivables for the balance of the third charging zone, following the termination of the receivables
Shareholders’ Equity
Shareholders' equity stood at €1,109.2 million recording a net decrease of €10.6 million compared with 31
December 2016 mainly following the profit recorded at 30 September 2017 of €89.6 million and the falls in
shareholders' equity following the payment of the €95.3 million dividend and the negative effect of the
translation reserve of the financial statements in foreign currency which had a negative impact of €4.9
million.
There was a negative change in net financial indebtedness as at 30 September 2017 of €57.3 million
compared with 31 December 2016, relating mainly to the payment of the €95.3 million dividend made in
May and the payment of the third and fourth instalments of the purchase price for the stake in Aireon of
approximately $22.9 million. These effects were offset by the ordinary operations which produced a positive
cash flow, as described below. Non-current financial debt fell by €15.6 million on account of the repayment
of the half-year instalments on medium-term loans.
30.09.2017 31.12.2016
(A) Cash 158,594 231,007
(B) Other cash equivalents 0 0
(C) Trading Securities 0 0
(D) Liquidity (A)+(B)+(C) 158,594 231,007
(E) Current financial receivables 0 0
(F) Current financial payables 0 0
(G) Current portion of non-current indebtedness (32,258) (32,622)
(H) Other current financial debt 0 0
(I) Current financial indebtness (F)+(G)+(H) (32,258) (32,622)
(J) Net current financial indebtedness/Liquidity (D)+(E)+(I) 126,336 198,385
(K) Non-current bank loans (103,994) (119,623)
(L) Bonds issued (180,000) (180,000)
(M) Other non-current loans 0 0
(N) Non-current financial indebtedness (K)+(L)+(M) (283,994) (299,623)
(O) CONSOB Net Financial Indebtedness (J)+(N) (157,658) (101,238)
(P) Current and non-current derivatives instruments 283 1,117
(Q) ENAV Group Net Financial Indebtedness (O)+(P) (157,375) (100,121)
Value in thousand of Euro
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 231,811 174,141 57,670
Exchange rate differences on cash 104 (379) 483
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period (*) 159,137 199,421 (40,284)
Free cash flow 38,507 86,807 (48,300)
Value in thousands of Euro
(*) Cash and cash equivalent at the end of the period includes for 543 thousands of euro the liquidity of the SICTA
Consortium in liquidation.
The free cash flow stood at €38.5 million thanks to the cash flow generated by activities in the period which
allowed to cover the cash flow absorbed by investing activities. In this regard, note that net of the investing
activities in Aireon which absorbed cash of €16.9 million, the free cash flow would have stood at €55.4 million
with a negative change of €31.4 million compared with the corresponding period of the previous period,
mainly on account of the not-collected receivables due from Alitalia, the lower collection of VAT receivables
and the higher payments made to suppliers for investment projects.
The undersigned Loredana Bottiglieri, as Manager responsible for financial reporting for Enav, pursuant to
Article 154-bis, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree 58/1998 - Consolidated Finance Act, declares that the
accounting information in this Interim Financial Report at 30 September 2017 corresponds to that contained
in the accounting documentation, books and records.
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